Float for bath soaps



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OLE TRONSTAD, OF EAU CLAIRE, WISCONSIN. l

FLOAT FR BATH SOAPS.

Application led :March 4, 1926. Serial No. 92,377.1

The present invention relates to a novel means of affording buoyancy to non-floating cakes of soap, and the primary object of the invention resides in the rovision of a novel type of tloat which may e readily associated with cakes of non-floating bath soaps, in a. manner for affording sufficient buoyancy to the soap to cause the same to float upon the surface of the water in which the cake is placed. I

A further object of` the invention resides in the provision of a novel buoyant means for non-,fioating cakes of soap; which when associated with the soap, not'only affords means for keeping the cake afloat, but also serves as a suitable handle for ready gripping and using of the soap.

A still 'further object of the invention resides in the provision of a novel float for non-floating cakes of soap; which may be economically manufactured and thus retailed at a relatively low price, and which ,float is of such format-ion that when pressedinto the cake of soap, a suiiicient amount of air will be entrapped in the Heat and' serve for buoying up the cake when placed in they water. Y

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent during the course of the following detail description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification and in which drawingz- Figure l is a perspective view showing the improved float applied to a cake of soap. Figure 2 is a view partly in planand part in central vertical cake of soap. Figure 3'is a perspective view'of the improved float before application of the same to a cake of soap. v

In the drawing, the letter A designates and/B a cake of soap of any desired configuration and preferably but'not necessarily of a specific gravity such that when placed'in water will not of itself float upon the surface of the water;

rlhe vfloat A which is preferably .form-ed of aluminum or any'other light material, is Vof hollow formation and embod'es a ball like head portion l0 which is preferably of spheroidal'formation, and an axially disposed hollow stem or neck portion ll. vThel substantially ball like head portion 10. which may also be suitably termed 4a handle portion, provides a relatively large air chamsection and showing the the same may ber 12 in which a suflicient .amount of air may be cntrapped or imprisoned for affording s'ufiicient buoyancy to the cake of soap l, should the 'cake be ofja specilic gravity such that when placed in water Will not of itself float upon the surface of the water. The hollow stem portion 11 which merges into the lower portion of the head 10, preferably-flares outwardly toward its open end 13 as clearly illustrated in Figures 2 and o. By so having the hollow stem portion 11 flaring toward its open end 13, it will be seen that when the stem is pressed into the cake of soap as in Figure 2, that the Haring portion of the neck will create a wedging action which will prevent too readyremoval of the float from the soap.

It will be readily apparent that when'the stem 11 is pressed into the vcake of soap, that the ball likevhandle portion will be spaced slightly from the upper surface of the soap for permitting of ready and easy grasping of the handle portion, and that when pressed into the soap the air entrapped in the chamof the amount of soap 14which is forced upwardly into the open end of the stem portion.

It will be apparent that the area of the air chamber 12 will var in accordance with the size of the cake lo soap to be floated, especially if the soap is of that nature such that when placed in water will not of itself float upon the surface of the water., When the float is applied to such characters of soap as aforementioned, the float will of course always remain uppermost'and thus allow for ready gripping of the head portion when the soapis floated upon the surface of the water. l

If desirable, advertising matter may be placed on thel ball like head portion 10, or

ferred manner.

From the foregoing description it will' be apparent that a novel float for cakes of soap has been provided, which may be readily and easily attached and detached from the cake" of soap, and which when attached to the cake of soap, serves the, dual function of acting as a ioat, should the cake of soap be of such character that when placed in water Will not of itself float upon the surface of the water, and also as a suitable handle for the cake of soap.

be ornament/ed inany pre- Changes in detail may be made to the spey vwhen pressed cie form of the invention r:herein shown andv described, without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of lthe following claims.\

I claim:

1. A float yfor soapcakes, comprising a ball like head portion providing an air chamber, and .a hollow stem portion communicating with the air chamber and adapted into a. soap cake to form a seal for the air chamber.

2. A float for soap cakes, comprising a hollow head portion providing anair chamber,'and a hollow Haring stem portion adaptl cake to proed when pressed into a soa er in the head vide a seal for the air cham portion.

.3. A hollow head portion of spheroidalformation'and providing an air chamber, and a hollow stem portion the head portion adapted to bel vpressed into the soap cake with the portion of the soap extending axially from float for soap cakes, comprising a cake within the stem serving as a seal for the airchamber of the head portion.

' OLE TRONSTAD. 

